Inventor · Boise, ID, US

Michael Chaine

29Patents
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22Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 31, 1996 → Jul 22, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5814865A Bimodal ESD protection for DRAM power supplies and SCRs for DRAMs and logic circuits Electricity 21 Expired
US6809386B2 Cascode I/O driver with improved ESD operation Electricity 20 Expired
US6118323A Electrostatic discharge protection circuit and method Physics 20 Expired
US5986867A Protection circuit for output drivers Electricity 18 Expired
US6462380B1 ESD protection circuit for advanced technologies Electricity 17 Expired
US8253230B2 Disabling electrical connections using pass-through 3D interconnects and associated systems and methods Electricity 15 Active
US7160795B2 Method and structures for reduced parasitic capacitance in integrated circuit metallizations Electricity 12 Expired
US8611058B2 Combination ESD protection circuits and methods Electricity 10 Active
US6534833B1 Semiconductor device with protection circuitry and method Electricity 8 Expired
US6624660B2 CMOS output driver for semiconductor device and related method for improving latch-up immunity in a CMOS output driver Electricity 7 Expired
US7253064B2 Cascode I/O driver with improved ESD operation Electricity 7 Expired
US6909196B2 Method and structures for reduced parasitic capacitance in integrated circuit metallizations Electricity 7 Expired
US8404521B2 Disabling electrical connections using pass-through 3D interconnects and associated systems and methods Electricity 5 Active
US7903379B2 Cascode I/O driver with improved ESD operation Electricity 4 Active
US8724268B2 Over-limit electrical condition protection circuits and methods Electricity 4 Active
US9705318B2 Over-limit electrical condition protection circuits for integrated circuits Electricity 4 Active
US9209620B2 Combination ESD protection circuits and methods Electricity 3 Active
US8772086B2 Disabling electrical connections using pass-through 3D interconnects and associated systems and methods Electricity 3 Active
US10193334B2 Apparatuses and method for over-voltage event protection Electricity 2 Active
US9281682B2 Apparatuses and method for over-voltage event protection Electricity 2 Active
US9391062B2 Apparatuses, circuits, and methods for protection circuits for dual-direction nodes Electricity 1 Active
US8693148B2 Over-limit electrical condition protection circuits for integrated circuits Electricity 1 Active
US9607930B2 Disabling electrical connections using pass-through 3D interconnects and associated systems and methods Electricity 1 Active
US11901727B2 Apparatuses and method for over-voltage event protection Electricity 0 Active
US11398468B2 Apparatus with voltage protection mechanism Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.